Improvement in fur collars



AQu.

Fur-Collars.

LEVY.

Patented Dec. 22,1874.

STATES PATENT OFFIC.

ADOLPH D. LEVY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FUR coLLARs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,966, dated Deccmber 22, 1874; application filed October 7, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPH D. LEVY, of the city and county of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fur Capes, Gollars, and Boas; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand, make, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part i of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side View of a fur collar embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of a detached part. Fig. 3 is a front view thereof. Fig. 4 is a sectional view in line w 50, Fig. 3.

similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in the combination, with an article of fur for neck-wear, of a spring having downwardly-curved ends which is arranged around the upper portion of the fur, so that, while the article is properly closed and loss thereof prevented, the body of the article sits with a nice fit and without any change in appearance or service. It also consists in the use of buttons, screws, and clamp ing-washers, so arranged as to retain the ends of the spring in the fur, and prevent Working out or protrusion of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a collar or other article of fur for neck wear, which maybe of well-known form and construction. In the upper part of the fur A, or part which fits directly on the neck of the wearer, there is applied a bent or coiled spring, B, which extends around said fur at said upper part and leaves the remainder of the fur as usually-that is to say, without interfering with the shape or fit of said remainder, which, in capes or collars, comes over the shoulders and requires to be uncontrolled. The ends a a of the spring, constituting the front portion thereof, curve downwardly and are made to approach each other without necessarily crossing. The ends a a are perforated, andthrough each perforation passes a screw, (3 0. Between the heads 0 of the screws and washers G the fur and spring are clamped, so that the ends of the springs are confined in the fur, securely held therein, and thus prevented from working out. 1) represents buttons which are on the outside of the fur and have the screws (J, but also provide means for the attachment of the loops, cords, or other fastenings, to hold the front ends of the fur.

It will be seen that the fur closes automatically, fits easy on the neck, conforms to the movements of the latter, and has hold thereon without danger of displacement under ordinary circumstances. The motions of the head are not resisted by the front ends of the springs, since the latter give and open to such motions. Morever, the downwardly-curved ends prevent all cutting or chafing of the chin or neck of the wearer, and also cause a proper fit of the fur.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the fur collar or tippet A, of the spring B, extending around the upper portion of the fur and constructed with downwardlycurved ends a a, as herein set forth, for the object specified.

2. The combination, with a fur collar, A, of A spring B, having downwardly-curved perforated ends a a, buttons D, screws 0, and clamping-washers 0, all arranged to operate as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

ADOLPH D. LEVY. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIIEDERSHEIM, DAVID DAVIDSON. 

